Fintech

Good prices or good service: What hooks online-only banking customers?

08/28/18

Digital banks dispute the notion that they can skimp on customer service because millennials are only shopping for low fees and high savings rates.

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Chase Bank hit with downgrade over jumbo mortgage underwriting, fintech gaps

08/24/18

Moody's Investors Service downgraded JPMorgan Chase's prime jumbo mortgage originator assessment to its second-highest rating, citing the bank's growing reliance on correspondents with delegated underwriting authority and shortcomings in its technology infrastructure.

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OCC to take preliminary step in CRA overhaul plan

08/24/18

The agency says it will act independently of other regulators to release a notice asking for public input on revamping the decades-old law.

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Why fintechs should be held to CRA standards

08/24/18

An OCC charter for fintechs requires firms to meet a “financial inclusion” standard instead of conventional Community Reinvestment Act requirements. That’s a problem.

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Breaking Banks: Fintechs address the over-50 set

08/21/18

Theodora Lau and Brad Leimer of Unconventional Ventures, Heather Holmes of Genivity and Marci Lobel-Esrig of SilverBills discuss fintech for older generations.

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Bank of the West exec bolts for startup, sees chance 'to redefine retail banking'

08/21/18

Thibault Fulconis recently became CFO of the digital banking venture Varo Money, which has applied for a national bank charter.

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Don't let that data you're sitting on go to waste

08/21/18

To compete with fintech startups, banks need to find more ways to use the mountains of data already at their disposal.

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Citi buys into future of artificial intelligence — literally

08/20/18

Citigroup was so impressed after a two-year test drive of software from the AI vendor Anaconda it decided to invest in the firm.

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Fintechs have more work to do to prevent discrimination: Congressman

08/17/18

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., released a survey of lending practices that he said point to practices such as forced arbitration clauses and extracting a customer’s credit score to determine creditworthiness.

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Mentees are BMO Harris' latest fintech partners

08/17/18

The bank is working with SpringFour and Genivity, two graduates of its mentorship program, and plans more such partnerships.

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